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Typography in 2020: What’s in a Trend?

By Chris Leal

July 22, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Typography in 2020: What’s in a Trend?

If typography is out in the wild, it will demand your attention whether it’s effective or not. Even unsuccessful attempts at public graphic design grab the observant onlooker’s gaze.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: bold, creativity, Design, graphic design, innovation, legibility, sans-serif, serif, trends, typography

Marketing Ooligan’s First Romance Title

By Dani Nicholson @danielluhh72

March 9, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Marketing Ooligan’s First Romance Title

Iditarod Nights will be the first romance published by Ooligan. It’s wonderful to blaze a trail, but what does this mean in practice? How can you market a book with no prior contacts and little experience in the genre?

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: Cindy Hiday, creativity, dogs, Iditarod Nights, iditarod race, Marketing, ooligan press, research, romance

The Indie Presses of Portland

By Dani Nicholson @danielluhh72

September 18, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Indie Presses of Portland

In Portland, there’s an independent press for every sort of project you can imagine. More importantly, each press has a unique mission statement that will help you, the writer, find the best match for your personal and creative goals. Let this guide to local indie publishing houses help you decide where to submit your next piece.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Burnside Review, creativity, Forest Avenue Press, Future Tense Books, independent presses, independent publishers, indie presses, Indie Publishers, inspired, Microcosm Publishing, Oregon, Overcup Press, Pacific Northwest, pdx, Perfect Day Publishing, Portland, Portland presses, publishing, Small Presses, Tin House Books, writing

What time is it? It’s NaNoWriMo Time!

By Ariana Vives

November 1, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

What time is it? It’s NaNoWriMo Time!

Every fall, I contemplate whether or not I should attempt NaNoWriMo. Writing 50,000 words in 30 days is a manageable challenge, though not an easy one. For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Every November, hundreds of thousands of people around the world attempt to write a novel—by NaNoWriMo’s definition, 50,000 words—within […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Bella Andre, Cinder, creativity, e-book, James Patterson, Malinda Lo, Marissa Meyer, nanowrimo, National Novel Writing Month, New York Times, Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants, writing

The Creation of Young Heroes: An Interview with Author T.A. Barron

By Lauren Brooke Horn

October 30, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Creation of Young Heroes: An Interview with Author T.A. Barron

By Lauren Brooke Horn T.A. Barron is the award-winning author of the Merlin and Heartlight sagas. His newest release, Atlantis Rising, is the first in a trilogy exploring the mythos surrounding the creation of Atlantis. In this interview, T.A. Barron takes a moment to talk about his new book, the writing process, and his advice […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: Atlantis, Atlantis Rising, Authors, Celtic, children's books, Colorado, creativity, fantasy, Heartlight, inspiration, interview, Merlin, MP3, Native American, Plato, science fiction, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, T.A. Barron, writing, YA

Marni Norwich Guest Poet Post: “Why I Don’t Write”

By Ooligan Press

May 9, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Every Thursday, Ooligan Press invites a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our forthcoming anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Marni Norwich, a poet from Vancouver, B.C. Please enjoy her post! Why I Don’t Write So many good books have been […]

Filed Under: Guest Blogger Tagged With: Alive at the Center, Alive at the Center: Featured Poet, Comic Books, creativity, democratization, detective novels, Emily Dickinson, fashion magazines, guilt, journal-writing, laziness, literature, Marni Norwich, novels, plays, poems, poet, poetry, pulp fiction, Short Stories, Vancouver B.C., Why I Don't Write, writing

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